Whole-Body Clinical Applications of Digital Tomosynthesis

Clinical implementation of digital breast tomosynthesis.

Digital breast tomosynthesis is rapidly being implemented in breast imaging clinics across the world as early clinical data demonstrate that this innovative technology may address some of the long-standing limitations of conventional mammography. This article reviews the recent clinical data supporting digital breast tomosynthesis implementation, the basics of digital breast tomosynthesis image...

Clinical application of digital tomosynthesis: a preliminary report.

Digital tomosynthesis represents a new technique for digital manipulation of data acquired during a single tomographic sweep. With the aid of a computer, data can be processed to yield images in any parallel plane of the body. This technique allows rapid tomographic studies requiring a much lower radiation dose to the patient. Dynamic studies such as angiotomography are feasible, and applicatio...

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)

DBT is a three-dimensional (3D) breast imaging technology that uses a rotating X-ray source to acquire multiple image slices at several angles. The X-ray source rotates around the breast in an arc. Serial exposures are taken every few degrees in the arc rotation. These images are then reconstituted by software to produce a 3Dimage of the breast, similar to CAT scanning. It has been suggested th...

Initial clinical experience with contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Contrast-enhanced digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis are two imaging techniques that attempt to increase malignant breast lesion conspicuity. The combination of these into a single technique, contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis (CE-DBT), could potentially integrate the strengths of both. The objectives of this study were to assess the clinic...